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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 5588227" data-attributes="member: 29398">Sounds very close to what I've done.Thanks!&nbsp; It's been bugging me all day that I couldn't remember what the &quot;C&quot; in BECMI stood for! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />As opposed to 1e or BECMI as they are now?&nbsp; Yes.&nbsp; If nothing else, 5e will be supported by its owner/publisher, unlike current 1e and-or BECMI. Now it's my turn to say &quot;Done&quot;.&nbsp; Or, at least, somewhat done. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I'll disagree with this one.&nbsp; I think a 5e is needed pretty quickly provided it backs away from the directions 3e-4e have gone while still incorporating some of their better ideas.&nbsp; 4e from what I can tell isn't doing as well as its publishers would like, PF/3e isn't everyone's cup of tea, and older editions are being kept alive largely by people like me by just playing them.&nbsp; It might be a pipe dream to think a 5e that can bring all these together is even possible, but I'll say this: realistically they* will get exactly one chance to get it right, and if they blow it we're in trouble.* - by &quot;they&quot; I mean whoever puts out what becomes the de-facto 5e, whether it's WotC or someone else.New ideas to incorporate *are* necessary.&nbsp; Sooner or later I'm going to run out of my own. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Lan-&quot;hereby volunteering to be on the 5e design team&quot;-efan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 5588227, member: 29398"] Sounds very close to what I've done. Thanks! It's been bugging me all day that I couldn't remember what the "C" in BECMI stood for! :) As opposed to 1e or BECMI as they are now? Yes. If nothing else, 5e will be supported by its owner/publisher, unlike current 1e and-or BECMI. Now it's my turn to say "Done". Or, at least, somewhat done. :) I'll disagree with this one. I think a 5e is needed pretty quickly provided it backs away from the directions 3e-4e have gone while still incorporating some of their better ideas. 4e from what I can tell isn't doing as well as its publishers would like, PF/3e isn't everyone's cup of tea, and older editions are being kept alive largely by people like me by just playing them. It might be a pipe dream to think a 5e that can bring all these together is even possible, but I'll say this: realistically they* will get exactly one chance to get it right, and if they blow it we're in trouble. * - by "they" I mean whoever puts out what becomes the de-facto 5e, whether it's WotC or someone else. New ideas to incorporate *are* necessary. Sooner or later I'm going to run out of my own. :) Lan-"hereby volunteering to be on the 5e design team"-efan [/QUOTE]

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